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VENDING'DEVICE Filed March 51. 194i 2 sheets-sheet 1' fn vena?" March 6, r1945.

N. MICHELINI VENDING DEVICE Filed lviaxchv 3l, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 6, 1945 UNITED 4s'rrxrlis RATENT' OFFICE y vENnING DEVICE Nello Michelini, chicago, nl. Application March a1, 1941; serial No. 386,070

l 1 claim, (ortiz-ssi This invention relates to a vending device-and more particularly to a coin controlled device adapted to dispense telephone slugs or the like.

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a device of the character described which is operable, after a coin of given'value has been deposited iny the device, to discharge a telephone slug or the like. n s Another object of this invention is the provision, in a device Aof the character described, ofl

means automatically operable when the supply of telephone slugs is exhausted to preventthe receipt of coins until the device has been refilled.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a device of the character described which is simple in construction, efficient in and economical of manufacture.

`With the-foregoing and other objects in view,

the invention consists of the novel construc'- tion, combination and arrangement of parts, as

hereinafter more specifically described and illus-- operation portion 2| having screw holes for receiving screws' which secure the base member v2|).to the back# ing member A -depending ear 22 is inte.- grally yformed with the rbase .member 2|) andan actuating arm 24 is pivoted thereto. A central slot25 is formed inthe base member and flange portion and is arranged to accommodate the up.-

trated in the accompanying drawings wherein .i

is shown a device in accordance with kthis invention, butit is to be understood that'changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which fall within the scope ofthe appended claim.

Fig. l is a vertical section cfa vending device embodying lmy invention.

2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section of the device showing the relative positions of the parts in the operation of electing a telephone slug.

Fig. 3 isa cross sectional view taken on 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 isan enlarged fragmentary verticalsection of the device showing the mechanism locked against further operation, as when the supply i of slugs is exhausted. l

Fig. 5 is across sectional View taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4..

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Fig. 6 is a fragmentary elevational view looking in the direction of the arrows 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings wherein is shown a. preferred embodiment of my invention, the nu# meral I0 indicates a housing in which my improved mechanism is contained. The housing is removably supported on a backing member and isrprovided with key operated locking means 3 adapted to lock the housing to the backing member to prevent unauthorized removal therefrom. The front wall I 4 is provided with a vending opening and a tray I6 to which the telephone slugs are delivered and from which they may be removed by the depositor of the coin.

per portion of the actuating arm in its pivotal movement. j

Mounted on the base member 20 is a tubular section 21 having a base portion 28 extending at right angles to the vertical axis thereof. A slot 29 is formed in the base portion and .is alined with vthe slot 25 of the base member to accommodate the actuating arm 24. Formed in the underside of the base portion and extending the full length thereof is a channel 30 havingdimensions such that a telephone slug ofv i conventional size vmay easily pass through. A

portion of the tubular section 21 is enlarged to provide a verticaly surfacev 3| alined with one edge of the slot 29. A dog-32 is pivoted to the vertical surface 3| and is arranged to register in the Aslots 25 and 29, a spring 33 beingprovided for normally urging the said dog in said slots.

A trigger 34, shaped substantially as shown in the Figures 3and 5, is swivelly supported on the enlarged portion of the tubular section 21 and is movable about a vertical axis. As seen in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings, one of the legs 36'o`f the trigger 34 is adapted to engage the'dog 32 and under certain conditions of operation presently to be described to maintain same .in a vertical position.

A tubular magazine 3-8 adapted for holding slugs 35 or the like is tted into the tubular section 21 and is supported by a bracket 39 secured to the backing member A slot 4| is provided in the magazine 38 and extends substan tially the full length thereof, thelower portion of said slot being in registering alinement with a lslot 42 formed in the wall of the tubular section 21. An aperture 44 is formed in the magazine 38 and is arranged to kaccommodate the leg 46 of the member 34 in a manner as will be herenafter described. A cylindrical plug 41 provided with a projecting pin 48 is received in the tubular magazine 38 with the pin accommodated in the slot 4| and serving as a handle by which the plug may be raised in the magazine. The plug is intended to be placed on the top of the supply of slugs, as shown in Figure l, and moves downwardly as the slugs are successively delivered and the supply is diminished. The plug is of a height such that when the supply of slugs is exhausted, the top thereof will be slightly below the widest portion of the aperture 44 and will permit the passage therethrough of the leg 46. An ejector member 50 having at one end an upstanding ear 5I provided with a laterally projecting pin 52 is arranged for sliding movement in the channel 30 with the ear accommodated in the slot 29. The length of the ejector member 58 is such that its other end 54 is in registering alinement with the interior wall of the tubular section 21. A coil spring 55 having extended terminal portions engageable with the projecting pin 52 and the wall of the tubular section 21 serves to maintain the ejector member 58 in the non-operative position shown by the dotted lines in Figure 2. As is seen' in the drawings, the upper portion of the arm 24 is engageable with the end of the ejector member 50 and is adapted to move same in the channel 3D against the tension of the spring 55 to eject a slug through the mouth of the channel.

Assuming that the supply of telephone slugs has been exhausted and that the supply is to be replenished, the housing I0 is removed from the backing member H by unlocking the locking means I3. The dog 32 is raised to vertical position, as shown in Figure 2 and the trigger 34 is moved to the position shown in Figure 3 in engagement with the dog. The dog is thereby held in non-operative position, the spring 33, however, urging the dog 32 downwardly and tending to move the trigger 34 in a clockwise direction. It will be seen in Figure 3 that the leg 46 of the member 34 is just at the aperture 44 of the magazine 38. In this position slugs are introduced in 46 is prevented by the presence of the slugs from entering through the aperture 44 into the interior of the magazine.

When the housing is replaced and locked in position, the device is in condition for operation. Upon the depositing of a coin in the slide I8, the slide is moved to the left by the handle portion I9, as viewed in Figure 2. The slide I8 being in engagement with the arm 24 at the end of its stroke moves the arm from dotted line to full line position (Figure 2). The upper portion of the arm 24 which is in engagement with the ejector member 50 moves the ejector member against the tension of the spring 55 to the right, from dotted line to full line position. The ejector member 50 is in Contact with the lowermost slug of the magazine 38 and in its movement pushes the slug through the mouth of the channel 3,0 into the hopper I6. Slugs are thus successively delivered upon successive deposits of coins in the slide mechanism. Upon delivery of the slug, the slide I8 is released and the tension of the spring 55 causes the slide to return to normal position for subsequent operation.

When the supply of slugs is exhausted or when the top of the plug 41 in the magazine 38 reaches a point below the aperture 44 in the magazine, the leg 46 of the trigger 34 is caused to enter through the aperture 44 into the interior of the magazine This causes the release of the dog 32 which drops to the position shown in Figure 4 and which acts as a stop, preventing further actuation of the ejector 58 until the dog 32 is moved back to vertical position.

It is to be understood that the form of my lnvention, herewith shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In a dispensing device of the character described, a base member having thereon a tubular section having a channel therein, a tubular magazine supported in said section in alinement with said channel and adapted to accommodate a stack of slugs or similar articles, said magazine having an aperture therein near the bottom portion thereof, an ejector member sldable in said channel and of such proportions that one end thereof will engage only the lowermost slug in said magazine, said ejector member normally being maintained by spring means in non-operative position wherein the Slug engaging end is alined with the wall of said magazine, an actuating arm pivotally mounted and engageable at one end with said ejector member, said arm when actuated adapted to slide said ejector member into engagement with the lowermost slug to eject said slug from the magazine, a trigger member movable about a vertical axis and in the horizontal plane of said aperture, said trigger member having two projecting legs, one of which is adapted to enter said aperture when the supply of slugs falls below the level thereof, a dog pivotly mounted and retained in a substantially vertical position by the other leg of said trigger member when said rst mentioned leg is prevented from entering through said aperture in the magazine by the presence of slugs therein, but when the supply of slugs falls below the level of said aperture, the said iirst mentioned leg being caused to swing into said aperture and to release said dog which is urged by spring means to engage said ejector member thereby preventing the actuation thereof by said pivoted arm.

NELLO MICHELINI. 

